Dec 2, 2013
Mannahatta premiering at @BAM_Brooklyn #BAMNextWave #21cLiederabend.
Josh's first animation studies for this opera were presented at the BAM Harvey Theater, alongside the premiere of a new piece of music by Judd set to Walt Whitman's poem Mannahatta. DM Stith and the Trinity Wall Street Choir sang the vocals.
The song is the first section of a three-part cycle that Judd is writing, titled My City, commissioned by the Orchestra Engagement Lab, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Waterbury Symphony Orchestra.
Photo by Joshua Frankel.